Director of GOV.UK
Ash Smith
Biography
Ash Smith is the Director of GOV.UK. He was appointed in September 2024 on an interim basis, joining from his role in GDS as Deputy Director of the GOV.UK One Login programme.
Prior to GDS, Ash was Deputy Director for negotiations strategy and coordination at the Department for Exiting the European Union. He has extensive experience across the Civil Service, having also held a range of strategy, policy, technology and programme delivery positions in the Ministry of Defence, Home Office and Cabinet Office.
Director of GOV.UK
The Director of GOV.UK has responsibility for GOV.UK, the best place to find government services and information. GOV.UK is run and maintained by the Government Digital Service.